oreycellent M'ater, %vliich employ a considerable 

 portion of the lower Chinese, who bring it into 

 town in bucfeeta for ?ale, as tlus is the only water 

 wl ich is free from brackis'ineiis. One i»f these 

 \vell$, we (earn from the Annah, was dus by the 

 Chmese in the reign of Sulthaun Manzur Sbah * 

 of Malacca. 



The trade of Malarca has fallen off very con- 

 ski erfi My, a coii?5i quenee naturally to be ex- 

 pected Irom her situation between Ningapore and 

 Pinarig, i will not enter into details htjre »s the 

 substquent conif»araiive statement of the trade 

 of the three SeltSenients will be sufBcient to il- 

 lustrate lliis bntncli of the subject. Her exports 

 of native produce consist principally of arms, 

 balacbaug, betd-nut, bricks and tiles, cordage, 

 diimniar, ebony, hide^^, noumongery, jaggery, 

 pepper, seaweed, i^pices, wood gahni^ tui, 

 Min-drie>i, and live stocky kuifuo kamoonee &c., 

 but her trade ift not sufficient to encourage 

 European merchants to settle there. Neverthe- 

 less, as the excess of her imports over her ex* 

 pijrtsofoil and rice, the two naost ei^sential ar- 

 ticles of life to the Malay, has decidedly decreas- 

 ed, whilst the population has increased, it neces- 

 sarily follows tbat more land has falieu under cul- 

 tivation. 



01 the exports, tbe tin is by far the most im- 

 portant, but I shall reserve the conoid era tiou of 

 this subject till i cntne to treat upon the tin 

 countries of the Peninsula, and will now proceed 

 to the topography of Piilo Pinang. 



This island lies between N. Lat. and 



